Australian ATC vote YES for further pay reduction

[one25six]

It's official - Australian ATC's have joined the latest national craze, the big economic race to the bottom.

A clear majority in a secret ballot declared yesterday by the Australian Electoral Commission, voted in favour of continuing the recent 5 year decline in ATCO remuneration. Keyfeatures of the new package include:

- more hours worked for a lower pay rate
- an effective 12 month freeze altogether of pay rates
- an increase in the time required to reach top pay scales for ATC's
- accelarated wage reductions against the CPI, AWOTE and National Average
- buying extra leave from hours worked
- substantial reduction of overtime rate
- abolishing travel allowance when expected to work on days off
- giving management more subjective discretion in annual pay rises for ATC's
- more bonuses for management negotiaters

'It is hoped that soon we will be able to undercut our main competitors India, Cuba and Somalia for ATS service provision" said an Airservices spokesman from his Monaco resort.

Civil Air were unavailable for comment as their off duty members were all driving taxi's or stacking supermarket shelves on their fortnightly day off.

[jj232]

That just about sums it up!!!!

Well done to all the yes voters who continue to sell out all the younger members so that they don't have to wait a few months more for their 3% pay rise.

:(

[Yessman]

Sorry guys but democracy has been at work and this time you didn't get across the line. I suspect that the pragmatists and realists of our association realised that any victory we may have had with a no vote would be a Pyrrhic victory. Pay at least $1000 each to contest it (that's between 1 and 1.5 % for most of us) and how much do you think we would have got? And in doing so forego ANY payrise for up to 2 years. Great victory.

Yes, it was frustrating that AsA were so bloody-minded when it came to breaks, FPC fix, etc but if you take the time to study CIVILAIR's campaigns over many years, the company will always lump the palatable and the unpalatable into one basket and say take it or leave it. If you decide to leave it, you have to weigh up ALL of the consequences. Clearly, for most of us, it wasn't worth it.

Next time, the make up of the membership will have changed and you will probably get your desired result.

Read your history and be careful what you wish for.

[one25six]

I dont think you get it.

There will not be a next time.

[Yessman]

You really must learn to play nicely with the other boys and girls. Just because you lose, you shouldn't take your bat and ball and go home. It was a fair vote, I believe, and you lost. Accept it.

If you want a name for your own new militant union, try using PATCO.

[one25six]

What on earth are you talking about?

Someone disagrees with you, and they have to take their bat and ball?

You miss the point - I didn't lose , you didn't lose - we all bloody lost!

There will not be a next time because ASA now know that there is absolutley no majority of unity in the association - AWA's will be out well before the next time ever happens.

That is why we have all lost.

Now it is a battle of individual against individual.

You might think you got a good deal - but there is somebody now waiting to undercut you.

Think I am wrong?

Maybe you need to be the one looking at history - some recent stuff in the airline industry v.v. pilot unions.

So - are you now ready for the race to the bottom with your new competition? Hey - it might even be with someone who voted No and now is prepared to sell you out.

[ThrillHouse]

It is a one horse race and that horse is the Australian Air traffic Controller. Only got ourselves to blame.

[Uncommon Sense]

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[one25six]

Oh Dear,

it seems the new OT rate means staff can't be found to cover shifts.

Who would have thought it?